What’s the story behind your latest song/album?
Well, SIVA had been releasing only singles since 2021, 6 in total, and when that cycle ended with Daylight in early 2024, we decided to take on an EP instead, a collection of 4 songs that go well together, and at the same time are very different in sound and style. The ALERTA – EP has 2 songs out, both in Spanish, “Estaciones” and “Influencer”. The latest one, now also with an English version, we thought it was a good song to connect with our fans overseas, since we´ve been releasing music in that language since the beginning. The whole EP deals with the concept of emergency, a constant state of alert, fast life, social media anxiety, the invasion of AI in everyday life and how the simplest things can now be done faster and better than a human mind, just by typing a prompt, etc.
How has your creative process evolved over the years?
Evolution occurs when you can discover other sounds and styles, when you understand that there is much more in the world at a musical level. Then that evolution happens, that´s what is going on in the band right now, digging deeper into other sounds, and ways of songwriting, which will surely result in our next batch of songs sounding with greater musical maturity.
If you could collaborate with any artist, living or dead, who would it be and why?
Oh so many artists we admire, hard to choose from! I think I would love to write a song where we could invite someone great to sing lead vocals, like Shirley Manson from Garbage, or maybe co write a cool song with some of our favorite songwriters like Billy Corgan, Rivers Cuomo, Dave Grohl, Josh Homme. That would be a dream come true!So far, we have been producing collabs with Riff Raiders from Australia (The Rockstar – calling the 90s), and more recently Noodle Boonn from Buenos Aires (on “Safe Place”), and it’s been a great experience, we´ll surely keep inviting artists from all over the worlds to collab with SIVA in the future, as long as they´ll have us!
How do you handle creative blocks or self-doubt?
When there´s a creative block, the best way is for someone else to give you their point of view, unlock so the idea flows again. We work as a team, and try to ensure that these types of situations do not overwhelm us.
What’s next for you—any exciting projects or goals on the horizon?
SIVA is currently preparing the release of a live session recorded in Romaphonic Estudio, a renowned studio in Buenos AIres where some of the biggest names in rock and pop of Latin America work at. These 3 songs will be launched on our @sivarawk Youtube channel very soon. Then, we´ll embark on a national tour over various cities we haven’t been to yet, as well as going back to the capital of Buenos Aires with more live shows.Before that happens, the rest of the EP songs will be released and complete “ALERTA” with the title track – featuring some surprise guest vocals – and closing with “No es el fin” (It´s not the end) an indie rock ballad in the vein of R.E.M. and Nada Surf, a sound departure for us, so we hope people will love it as much as we do!
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